“I was never concerned. I had good witnesses. All of our stories matched each other”
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Now that, right there, makes me stop and go “hmmmmmmmmmm……”

That’s all I’m sayin’
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Or he knew he didn’t brandish a gun, knew there were people there to see he didn’t brandish a gun and knew they would tell the truth. Besides, his lawyer most certainly interviewed or took depositions from the witnesses. A good lawyer doesn’t ask a question of a witness he doesn’t already pretty much know the answer to; surprises in court are rarely a good thing.

But I’m sure your humming will give people the impression you’re in a good mood!

]]>By: shaggytoodlehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056810
Sat, 07 May 2011 04:59:34 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056810QB’s and receivers should be continuously working out timing and so on….. Get together guys… don’t wait for the lock out to be over with.
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Why is was all smiles in cheers when Favre came out of retirement in the middle of preseason (twice) now your going to start being picky?

]]>By: shaggytoodlehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056809
Sat, 07 May 2011 04:57:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056809cusoman
and the 2nd game was when he got re-injured.

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So is he going to blow a tire this season again trying to keep up with Greg Jennings?

he was injured twice last year…. he did great in camp… preseason…. and before he was injured….

He’ll be back… hopefully lockout isn’t too long though…. if guys aren’t in football shape with all of the off season training…. injuries can happen… if viking players read this….

The Saints players and players of a couple of other teams got together on their own….. I would like to hear You guys do the same thing? QB’s and receivers should be continuously working out timing and so on….. Get together guys… don’t wait for the lock out to be over with.

]]>By: richm2256http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056664
Sat, 07 May 2011 00:47:25 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056664“I was never concerned. I had good witnesses. All of our stories matched each other”
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Or maybe he was present at his own trial and heard what his witnesses had to say???

]]>By: brewdogghttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056489
Fri, 06 May 2011 22:02:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056489minnesconsin says:
May 6, 2011 3:41 PM
for what it’s worth, i was thinking of tyrell johnson when i made the bust comment. who knows, cook could work out if he stays healthy, but to me he always looked too slow to be a great corner in the league.
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Too slow? Dude clocked at low-to-mid 4.4s consistently leading up to the draft. Are you telling me that a CB needs sub-4.4 speed to be effective? Do you really want to go there?

]]>By: gdelihttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056381
Fri, 06 May 2011 20:46:35 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056381Get your life right dude. You gotta good future if you don’t blow it. You can move into my neighborhood with many seniors in it then you will have an 81 yr lady, 60 year old prostate cancer survivor and an old marine that woodworks and gives me dirty looks. ha But its quiet except for the guy in the red ford monster truck that sounds like a UPS truck when he fires it up. ha
]]>By: footballrulzhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056343
Fri, 06 May 2011 20:18:44 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056343dbellina says:
May 6, 2011 3:24 PM
So where were all these Packers fans in 2009 when Rodgers was getting sacked 5 times a game and old man Favre was handing you a beat down?
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We were right here listening to the same old tired & trite insults. Fortunately 2010 turned out a lot better. As I have read many, many times from the same folks slinging the barbs, the past doesn’t matter. Only real winner is the winner of the last SB. That would be GB, of course.

]]>By: stavreafavrehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056314
Fri, 06 May 2011 19:56:35 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056314Justice moves swiftly in Minnesota. Sometimes.
]]>By: minnesconsinhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056292
Fri, 06 May 2011 19:41:36 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056292for what it’s worth, i was thinking of tyrell johnson when i made the bust comment. who knows, cook could work out if he stays healthy, but to me he always looked too slow to be a great corner in the league.

vikings fans can hate on the Pack all they want, our recent drafts have worked out just fine, busts and all (though harrell has been injured every year as well

]]>By: zn0rsemanhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056275
Fri, 06 May 2011 19:31:27 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056275Apparently, nobody is allowed to post comments critical of the slant put forth on such stories such as this, so I must agree with the author that Chris Cook will be extremely lucky to avoid sever punishment by the league for a crime that he obviously did not commit.
]]>By: dbellinahttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056262
Fri, 06 May 2011 19:24:39 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056262So where were all these Packers fans in 2009 when Rodgers was getting sacked 5 times a game and old man Favre was handing you a beat down?
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Fri, 06 May 2011 18:59:48 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056208danimalk82 says:
May 6, 2011 2:33 PM

I agree, as a fan of the Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers, I would prefer that Chris Cook stay on the field. He was a major contributor of the Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packer’s sweep of the (6-10, tied for last place in the NFC North) Minnesota Vikings last year.

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O rly? Considering he was coming off an injury the first game against the Vikes last year (who’s victory was handed to the Packers) and the 2nd game was when he got re-injured, I find that hard to believe.

]]>By: danimalk82http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056154
Fri, 06 May 2011 18:33:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056154“even as a packers fan who tends to think the vikings squad is full of turds, i’m glad to see this cleared up so quickly. partially because all the gun issues this offseason have been disturbing, but also because I’d rather have Cook on the field. Dude seems like a B-U-S-T.”

I agree, as a fan of the Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers, I would prefer that Chris Cook stay on the field. He was a major contributor of the Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packer’s sweep of the (6-10, tied for last place in the NFC North) Minnesota Vikings last year.:)

]]>By: dbellinahttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056145
Fri, 06 May 2011 18:29:43 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056145Why would he even be given any punishment by the league? He was innocent.
]]>By: db3300http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056140
Fri, 06 May 2011 18:27:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056140“If anyone knows about busts, it’s a Packer fan.”

Hey, I dislike the Packers as much as anyone but that insult rings kind of hollow not long after they win the SB. I guess you could be correct if you believe that just getting there is an honor. That line is over there with the Bills.

]]>By: purpleguyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056103
Fri, 06 May 2011 18:11:44 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056103The whole deal was a joke from the beginning. In that jurisdiction, a criminal charge is issued by a victim filling out a frigging form and filing it with the cops. The cops were skeptical when it was issued, the witnesses showed the claim was false, and the judge similarly realized it was a steaming pile of crap. Criticize him for having bad knees, being too slow, or having lousy hair, but not for pulling a gun on a neighbor. We can leave the NFCN off-season criminal blotter to the Pack’s John “codine” Jolly.
]]>By: theytukrjobshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056094
Fri, 06 May 2011 18:06:11 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056094This story never passed my BS meter. I think other people when they hear stories to stop to think for themselves what makes sense because 90% of the time some “story” breaks where we don’t know all the facts, in the end it is all obvious.

To me it never seemed very likely that Cook would walk up to a neighbor’s house and brandish a gun in broad daylight. Seemed much more likely that someone would just say that, than for Cook to actually do it.

]]>By: eaglesfan290http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056089
Fri, 06 May 2011 18:04:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056089How did Chris Cook know all the stories matched? ……..interesting
]]>By: ttommytomhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056088
Fri, 06 May 2011 18:04:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056088If a Judge was ruling at this point then it was a pre-trial hearing regarding evidence or witness statements.

If he gets punished for an argument then at some point the NFL is going to end up in a real court over such nonsense.

]]>By: ted1shecklerhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056050
Fri, 06 May 2011 17:48:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056050In the dictionary under the word bust, there are pictures of Justin Harrell and Tony Mandarich.

Don’t bother using reason phantom. The average iq of Packer fans hovers just above 70.

]]>By: vadoghttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056041
Fri, 06 May 2011 17:43:10 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056041Why would Chris Cook receive any punishment from the league? He was found not quilty. That should be the end of the story.
]]>By: jebdamonehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056031
Fri, 06 May 2011 17:39:20 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056031why would cook be punished by the league for getting in a verbal arguement with a neighbor?
]]>By: minnesotablizzardhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056024
Fri, 06 May 2011 17:34:24 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056024“Getting the case solved so quickly should help Cook’s chances of avoiding major punishment from the league.”

Why and how could he possibly be punished by the league? He was cleared. The neighbor was probably looking for a payday and started the altercation. Even suggesting a “major punishment from the league” seems ludicrous to me.

I’m hoping Cook comes in motivated and healthy because he did flash some skills last year and played very aggressive and physical while healthy. The coaches were really impressed with him in training camp before the knee issues. We could really use him in the secondary this coming season with Asher Allen unable to tackle or cover anyone, Winfield getting old, and Griffin trying to come back from another ACL.

]]>By: willycentshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056023
Fri, 06 May 2011 17:33:20 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056023“not guilty” indicates the presence of reasonable doubt in the prosecutions case. Has little bearing on “innocent.” just saying
]]>By: thephantomstrangerhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/06/chris-cook-cleared-on-gun-charge/#comment-1056017
Fri, 06 May 2011 17:30:02 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=129497#comment-1056017minnesconsin says:
May 6, 2011 1:24 PM
even as a packers fan who tends to think the vikings squad is full of turds, i’m glad to see this cleared up so quickly. partially because all the gun issues this offseason have been disturbing, but also because I’d rather have Cook on the field. Dude seems like a B-U-S-T.
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If anyone knows about busts, it’s a Packer fan. Cook had two injured MCLs last year but looked great before the injuries. Let’s see how he does if he can avoid injury.